More child-sex claims against former Katy camp manager

By Dale Lezon |
April 5, 2013
| Updated: April 5, 2013 11:55am

A second teen has told authorities he was victimized by a former manager at a Katy-area technology camp who was already accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at the facility about two years ago.

Anthony Tang, 38, is accused of two counts of indecency with a child in the latest allegations, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said Tang was originally charged in a separate case with sexual assault and indecency with a child involving a teen while he was a manager at the Camp Katy Technology Camp, which was then in the 400 block of the West Grand Parkway.

Deputies said activities at the camp, which has relocated, included juveniles spending the night.

Camp officials could not be reached for comment.

Deputies said publicity from the original case prompted a 15-year-old boy to recently tell authorities about the new allegations. Deputies did not release information about when the teen came forward with the information.

The charges in the first case against Tang stemmed from comments a now 16-year-old boy made within the last few months to his therapist in Oregon, who contacted local authorities, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

To help with the investigation, the boy made a trip back to Texas from Oregon, where his family now lives, Gilliland said.

At the time the original charges were filed, deputies asked that other people who believe they may have been victimized by Tang to contact authorities.

Given that Tang had daily exposure to children and juveniles and sometimes was with them for overnight events, officials wanted to see if there might be other victims, Gilliland said.

"If the stigma of being a sexual assault victim is holding them back, by every right we want them to come forward, for us to prosecute this individual," he said.

Tang had been released from jail on bond in the original case, but he was arrested Friday after the new charges were filed.